1903.] M. Chakravarti —Eastern Gagga kings of Orissa. 
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Nrsimha Deva II was son of Bhanu Deva I by Jakalla Devi of 
Relationship and titles. 
caluhga hula. He is called also Narasirbha 
Historical facts. 
Deva, Yira-NarasimhaDeva, Vira-Cri or pri- 
Yira Narasimha Deva, Pratapa-Ylra-Qri-Narasimha Deva, Yira-^ri 
or pri-Yira-Naranarasimha Deva, Anartayarmma-Pratapa-Yira-Nara. 
narasimha Deva. In the Kendupatna copperplates lie is said to have 
had virudas beginning with “ Gaturdaga-bhuvan-adhipati lord of the 
fourteen worlds. 
The inscription No. 323 of prikurmam records the grant of a minis¬ 
ter of his named Gfaruda-Narayana Deva, 
son of Dosaditya Deva. 
Inscription No. 290 mentions that Naraharitirtha, a governor of 
Kalrgga, built a shrine of Yogananda Nrsimha in front of the Kurmec- 
vara temple (at prikurmam). This officer’s name is also mentioned in Nos. 
291, 367, and 369 of prikurmam, and in 305 and 311 of 1900 of Simha- 
calam temple. All these inscriptions have been edited with an interest¬ 
ing introduction by Mr. H. Krishna Sastri in the Epigraphia Indica, 
Yol. YI, pp. 260-8. The inscriptions range from Caka 1186 to 1215. 
Naraharitirtha’s father seems to have been a minister. Narahari 
was a cela of Anandatirtba, the famous founder of the Dvaita school of 
philosophy. According to Narahariya-stotra quoted by Mr. H. K. Sastri, 
the G-uru ordered him to go to the Grajapati king and to be a ruler 
under him; Naraharitirtha went there and ruled the country for twelve 
years, the king being an infant. In Raktdksi-samvatsara, or A.D. 1324, 
he became mahant and died in the year primukha or A.D., 1333, His 
inscriptions have 1186 paka as the earliest date ; and he apparently be¬ 
came ruler of Kalii)ga in the very first year of Bhanu Deva I, retiring 
a few years before the death of Narasimha Deva II. His father was 
probably a minister of Nrsimha Deva I. The long gap of 31 years be¬ 
tween A.D. 1293 and A.D. 1324 is not explained; and therefore the 
traditional date of 1324 is to be received with caution. 
XI. Bhanu Deva II. 
[paka 1227-8 — paka 1249-50.] 
Only two inscriptions of this king’s time are as yet known :— 
Materials. 
No. 
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References. 
Remarks. 
Lan¬ 
guage. 
Date-extracts. 
1 
S.&T. 
Paka-varsambhu(bn)lu 1231 gunem[tti] 
5ri-Jaga[nn]atha-devara vijaya-raj- 
ya-sam[vjatsarambulu [3] gu grain 
Ep, Rep., No, 332, of 
p r I k u r mam ; Ep. 
Ind., V., pp. 35-6. 
Irregular, 
J. i. 17 
